Finding Leaders in the Darndest Places

Some of our main leaders were thieves and crooks. Why are not young people today have the same possibilities? "

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and be more, you are a leader." ~ John Quincy Adams

As I am writing this article is that I am reminded of a couple (although she never call it that) whom I know. She is a classic against the leader. In fact, their leadership qualities are so strong that easily could be the next Pierre Elliot Trudeau if he so wishes.

It's wonderful when you have a group of students a step forward and volunteer for leadership roles in their school. It's great to see them express their 'type A' personalities so positive. However, always tend to be one or two social groups and do not represent a good cross section of the school population.

There are leaders among all groups of students. Think this way, someone has to decide what to do on Saturday night when everyone is sitting on the fence that says "I dunno, I will do everything that man." For various reasons, these students will not be formalized in leadership roles in their schools, maybe they do not feel good enough, do not know any other person "that circle ', or simply do not see themselves as a leader .

These are students who need to be cultivated because they have the unique ability to influence their peers. Come to school with its social and political hierarchy in a different way, and if you're lucky, they will tell you their views. These are students who, when taught to communicate effectively and develop their leadership skills, can lead to major changes - If you let them. These are the anti-leaders. I use that term because their ideas are generally outside the mainstream. They are "painted with a brush different 'and not typically considered leaders. But is that their ideas are the seeds for a radical change and they are the ones who truly make a difference - not only in his school, but in our world.

We will be having a good time to compare the qualities of a drug trafficker and leader of a gang with a student leader. Drug dealers and gang leaders may be extreme examples, but they are the most powerful leaders in their school. Drug dealers and gang leaders are using and improving their leadership skills throughout the day, every day.

The job requirements of a gang leader:

• Inspiring and motivating speaker
• Strong personality
• Good management capacity of people
• target • Understands the needs of others
• Good decision-making skills
• Good team builder
• Risk beneficiary
• effective communicator
• Confidence

It requires a drug dealer:

• The good at math
• Good organizational skills
• Meet the law
• Good to sales and pending sale
• Responsible (meeting clients at set times)
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Understands the needs of others
• Good decision-making skills (not in the election regardless of race)
• Good team builder
• Risk beneficiary
• effective communicator
• Confidence

Qualities of a leader:

• Strong personality
• Motivate
• Good management capacity of people
• target
• Listen to the needs of others
• Good decision-making skills
• Good team builder
• Risk beneficiary
• effective communicator
• Confidence

For the young lady I talked about earlier, it is neither a drug dealer or a gang leader (although it does have quite the 'next' Friends). She is passionate, opinions, read and see the world from a perspective outside the mainstream. What really sets her apart is that she is not afraid to speak his mind or to bring in line with their beliefs - that features constantly to lift their problems.

Her problem, like all other anti-leaders, is that their energy is wrong. She has never had nobody to help her grow and focus their talent and energy in a positive direction. Instead it was dismissed as "another troublemaker."

Therefore, this leads to the question, 'Why cultivate the qualities of these anti-leaders'? To put it bluntly, if the land is to survive another hundred years we need a radical change in ideas and people with the nerve to defend the cause. People are getting tired of politicians who only tow the party line to ensure his reelection. Although there are politicians who must really want to see a change, are not strong enough to be heard in the big machine.

The world needs leaders to advocate for civil cases that are forward thinking, like the great leaders of civil rights in the 1960's. Roles like this can only be filled by a typical leaders; ladies who see the world from a different perspective and not afraid to speak his mind or put on the line to promote their cause and initiate change.